The president of the Ventura Chapter
of the Hell's Angels, carpenter Sabian
Reynoso, will probably be serving his
presidency from state prison. Reynoso,
a 34-year-old felon was sentenced to 32
months after pleading guilty to possession
of a firearm stemming from a
jail visit.

The original felony conviction was
from a 2000 stabbing incident. Reynoso
was sentenced to two years in prison
for stabbing a friend who accidentally
fell asleep and failed to turn on the hot
tub for a party.a letter to the court claiming that the
incident was actually a drunken brawl
between friends. And Reynoso appears
to have hundreds of friends. He maintains
MySpace and Facebook profiles
with over 300 "Facebook friends." He
is also a sport angler, who occasionally
travels to Mexico to fish, according to
one friend George Christie. Reynoso's
prize catches have made several fishing
news websites.

On February 1, 2008, Reynoso was
spotted at the Ventura County Jail
when he went to deposit money into
an inmate's account. Felons are not
allowed to enter jail grounds without
express written permission. The inmate,
Jared Plomell, also a Hell's Angel
member, was being held on drug and
firearm charges. Reynoso signed his
own name to the receipt and showed
his driver's license as identification.

On February 2, 2008 deputies
served a search warrant on Reynoso
looking for evidence of the illegal jail
visit. They found paperwork relating
to Plomell's location, a pump action
shotgun and "numerous items indicating
that Reynoso was the president of
the Ventura Chapter of the Hell's Angels"
according to the Ventura County
District Attorney's Office.
Christie, a Former Hell's Angel
leader himself, says Reynoso, the father
of two toddlers, was out of town
when the warrant was served.

Reynoso
claims his wife brings the shotgun
to the house for personal protection
when he is away. Christie, whose
daughter Moriya Christie is Reynoso's
attorney, maintains that Reynoso may
appeal the search warrant's validity,
since Ventura County Sheriff 's Gang
Unit deputies already had enough
evidence for "the jail grounds charge"
that was later dismissed.